Impact of an innovative tuberculosis financing and payment model on health service utilization by tuberculosis patients in China: do the poor fare better than the rich?

• Main Authors: Di Dong (Author), Wei-Xi Jiang (Author), Qian Long (Author), Fei Huang (Author), Hui Zhang (Author), Jia-Ying Chen (Author), Li Xiang (Author), Qiang Li (Author), Sheng-Lan Tang (Author), Henry Lucas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence is closely associated with poverty in China, and poor patients face more barriers to treatment. Using an insurance-based approach, the China-Gates TB program Phase II was implemented between 2012 and 2014 in three cities in China to improve access to...